[mrweasel]

Just because I think it an awesome feature: Did you know that OpenBSD has an auto install feature, where the entire installer is scripted, no manual steps required? There is also the option for easily customizing the installer to configure the system so it's ready when it initially boot. See: https://man.openbsd.org/autoinstall, https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#site and https://openbsd.amsterdam/setup.html for an example.

Even if you're just going through the manual install, there a no more steps than during something like a normal installation of Ubuntu. The disklabel tool isn't that user-friendly, but it's workable and help is available.

I think many believe the installation is complicated, simply because it's not graphical. Overall though, the installation process, the flexibility and tooling available for larger installation is impressive, and much better documented than anything I've seen on Linux.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Yeah, OpenBSD's autoinstall is absolutely best in class (2nd place, IMO, goes to Red Hat's kickstart), and is the kind of thing where once you've used it you wonder why everybody didn't do it this way. Just... Have the installer take input in text prompts, and then let people record the question and the answer in a text file.

[throwaway2048]

if you want a full system format and are happy with the defaults, you can just keep pressing enter, and besides entering a username and 2 passwords, that is it as far as interacting with the installer goes.